"Tomb Raider," the 2018 edition is a reboot of the TOMB RAIDER film series and this time Alicia Vikander steps into the role of Lara Croft as Lara travels to the island of Yamatai to follow her father's work while coming face to face with an organization named Trinity and its leader Mathias (Walton Goggins), who coerces Lara into helping him locate the tomb of Himiko.
Now it's safe to say these video game adaptations don't go to well. We all know the track record, however I do like a few. The two previous TOMB RAIDER films with Angelina Jolie are huge guilty pleasures, The PRINCE OF PERSIA movie happens to be what i feel is a competent attempt at making a successful video game adaptation, and from a distance there are parts of ASSASSIN'S CREED that I admire. TOMB RAIDER is fun, entertaining, and one of the better video game movie adaptations we have.
First of all, it all starts with Alicia Vikander. She does a great job as Lara and to me she is Lara. She embodies what Lara Croft in the reboot video game series is. She's vulnerable, young, and acting out of necessity. There is an attempt as well to actually give some development to Lara, something video game movies tend to breeze over. Though this may make the first half hour of the film feel a bit slow and choppy at times, it is necessary in that we get to know who Lara Croft is. the other characters however, are not all that developed, especially the villain Mathias, who is only in about two scenes in the movie.
The action is fun, though it is a bit okay with the sky cam. There is enough to see though and understand what is going while the camera is shaking.
My negatives are the final act was a ripoff of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Seriously, it's the exact same thing, as well as the final scene of the movie being in there for nothing more than fan service.
Overall I am going to give TOMB RAIDER a B.
Now it's safe to say these video game adaptations don't go to well. We all know the track record, however I do like a few. The two previous TOMB RAIDER films with Angelina Jolie are huge guilty pleasures, The PRINCE OF PERSIA movie happens to be what i feel is a competent attempt at making a successful video game adaptation, and from a distance there are parts of ASSASSIN'S CREED that I admire. TOMB RAIDER is fun, entertaining, and one of the better video game movie adaptations we have.
First of all, it all starts with Alicia Vikander. She does a great job as Lara and to me she is Lara. She embodies what Lara Croft in the reboot video game series is. She's vulnerable, young, and acting out of necessity. There is an attempt as well to actually give some development to Lara, something video game movies tend to breeze over. Though this may make the first half hour of the film feel a bit slow and choppy at times, it is necessary in that we get to know who Lara Croft is. the other characters however, are not all that developed, especially the villain Mathias, who is only in about two scenes in the movie.
The action is fun, though it is a bit okay with the sky cam. There is enough to see though and understand what is going while the camera is shaking.
My negatives are the final act was a ripoff of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Seriously, it's the exact same thing, as well as the final scene of the movie being in there for nothing more than fan service.
Overall I am going to give TOMB RAIDER a B.